However, Zhang Ling glanced at the spiritual medicine seeds in the red jade bottle a few more times. They might be worthless to others, but he had a heaven-defying mysterious bead and a high probability of cultivating them to life.
Seeds preserved with such care must be rare spiritual medicine seeds.
After examining the items in the boxes, the group turned their attention to the last jade slip.
Ding Ruozhao, being the strongest, naturally took the first look. After examining it for about a dozen breaths, a look of joy appeared on her face.
"This records the crafting methods for three magical treasures."
Upon hearing this, everyone was disappointed again, but then they heard Ding Ruozhao say, "These three magical treasures aren't ordinary magical treasures, but ancient treasures."
What… ancient treasures!
Hearing this, Elder Long's expression changed in surprise. He quickly took the white jade slip and carefully examined it.
"It is indeed the crafting methods for three ancient treasures."
After the group took turns examining the jade slip, their expressions shifted.
Ancient treasures were another type of magical treasure. As the name suggests, their crafting methods were passed down from ancient cultivators. They could be seen as the magical treasures of ancient cultivators.
Because the crafting method was different from current magical treasures, ancient treasures could not be absorbed into the body by modern cultivators. They could only be placed in storage bags or carried around.
Although they had this drawback, their power was several times greater than that of current magical treasures. Some powerful ancient treasures could even easily destroy the natal magical treasures of Golden Core cultivators.
This was because the crafting methods of ancient treasures were special, only pursuing power in one aspect. Unlike current magical treasures, which were engraved with a large number of auxiliary array patterns, which, although giving the magical treasure some transformational abilities, also reduced its power.
Outside, these ancient treasure crafting methods were basically lost.
And if a cultivator had one or two ancient treasures in their hands, they could often gain an advantage when fighting against cultivators of the same rank.
The three types of ancient treasures recorded on the jade slip were a defensive type, the Yellow Silk Umbrella, an offensive type, the Yin-Breaking Saber, and a special ancient treasure, the Purple-Gold Copper Coin.
The spiritual mine emitting a red light was a rare spiritual mine called Red Jade Stone, weighing over thirty pounds. Its value was roughly around 100,000 spiritual stones. It could be used as the main material for crafting magical treasures.
As for the last box, it contained a broken jade fragment, only the size of a palm. It only had some auspicious cloud patterns engraved on it, and a single ancient character was engraved on one corner using the rare Immortal Script: 'Desolate'.
The group held the jade fragment in their hands and studied it for a while. There were no spiritual fluctuations, and divine sense could easily penetrate it.
Unable to see anything unusual, they all lost interest.
"It seems this harvest is pretty good," Ding Ruozhao said with a smile, leisurely. Finally, she asked for Elder Long's opinion again.
The old man glanced at the treasures and pondered for a moment. "Since we had a prior agreement, then this old man will use the opportunity to choose a treasure first."
With that, he raised his hand, and the cyan token flew into his hand. With a flip of his hand, it was put away into his storage bag.
"We can divide the remaining treasures equally."
The old man looked at the different expressions of the group, thinking to himself.
Among these treasures, apart from the unknown jade fragment, the most valuable were the three magical treasures.
Originally, he hadn't intended to use the opportunity to choose a treasure first here.
They had just arrived in this mountain range, and there was still a large area to explore. But in this kind of ancient place, no one could say whether they would find more treasures.
Moreover, he still had one opportunity to choose a treasure first remaining.
Besides that, there was another concern. The five of them seemed harmonious now. But this kind of relationship was difficult to maintain. Once they encountered a real treasure, backstabbing or outright betrayal was very possible.
Whether he could use the two opportunities to choose a treasure first was still uncertain. After all, his cultivation was not the most outstanding among the group.
Choosing a magical treasure now was his best option.
If he took two magical treasures at once, he was afraid that the group would not agree.
"Hehe, very good."
Seeing that he only took one treasure, Green Python Daoist smiled and chuckled.
"Good, let's divide the remaining treasures equally. Based on the previous assessment, the value of these treasures…"
Ding Ruozhao also smiled, and then the group began to distribute the treasures.
The first to be divided were the two cultivation technique books and the jade slip recording the ancient treasures.
After discussion, everyone took out a few blank jade slips and copied them, and the originals were kept by Ding Ruozhao.
This made everyone happy.
The remaining flying sword and jade flute were the next to be chosen.
Ye Zimei smiled at the group and pointed at the jade flute, saying softly, "This little sister happens to cultivate a secret technique that is very suitable for this magical treasure. Do the other Daoists have any objections?"
While speaking, she glanced at Green Python Daoist and Zhang Ling.
"Since Fairy Ye has said so, we naturally won't object."
These two sisters, Ye Zimei and Ding Ruozhao, had the most say among the group. Zhang Ling and the other two naturally wouldn't object.
"This humble one also fancies this flying sword magical treasure. I wonder what the others think?" Green Python Daoist then pointed at the flying sword with a smile.
"Zhang also fancies this magical treasure," Zhang Ling said in a deep voice.
"Both Daoists have taken a fancy to this magical treasure, this is a bit difficult."
Seeing that Zhang Ling also fancied the flying sword, Green Python Daoist's expression stiffened.
"You also fancy this magical treasure?"
"That's natural. Having one more magical treasure will allow our strength to be better utilized."
Zhang Ling said expressionlessly. Although he was just a newcomer to the Golden Core stage, he couldn't be too yielding when dealing with these Golden Core cultivators.
In his heart, he didn't really want this magical treasure. He was only saying this so that the others wouldn't look down on him.
Now, the only treasure left that was valuable was the flying sword magical treasure. If he didn't compete for it, he would be looked down upon by the others.
If that were the case, the possibility of them competing with him for other treasures in the future would become smaller and smaller. As he spoke, the atmosphere among the group underwent a subtle change.
Elder Long narrowed his eyes and smiled silently. Ye Zimei just glanced at her sister and didn't speak.
Ding Ruozhao frowned, looking at Zhang Ling and Green Python Daoist. "How about this, since both Daoists value this magical treasure so much, I'll choose something else first." As she spoke, the fire jade stone was grabbed by her and directly put away.
This made both Zhang Ling and Green Python Daoist stunned.
The two were naturally not stunned because she took an item. Although the spiritual mine had value, it was not as good as a finished magical treasure.
Ding Ruozhao's actions undoubtedly told the two that she had given up on the flying sword magical treasure.
This was beyond the expectations of both of them.
